Motion-picture camera and film container adapted to be inserted into such cameras



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Patented Nov. 28, 1933 T FIGE meme em'mom-ewevee eemem FELM em TAINEB ADAPTER SUCH CAWIEBAS Kurt Mombacin, BerHmG-mmewsilfl, Germany, es=

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Siemenssfiaflt, mesa Bertie, Germany, a

ration 0.! Germany Applicefism my 23, in GET? My invention relates to motien picture gemeras and film containers adapted. to be inserted into such cameras. The film container er megw zine houses the so-celled take=up spool, driven by the camera driving mechanism. upen which 'the film is wound, and. the (Bo-celled supply spool from which the film is drawn off by the inter mit'tent film. feed mechanism. Between the two speols runs the film for exposure elem: e. lenses or shorter pertien cu'bside the film contain e? ecmss the exposure npening or filial win-dew 01$ the camera. This pertion 0f the film extending from the 2 einer is guided in e channel or euieiewey swimming" the film exposure epezi mg or Windew. The threeding 01" the freely @112 0:5 the ccntsiner lei-0 film guide-way e1" channel causes considerable eiifficulties in cameras.

My invention censists more pertieuleny in iet time me film geese elem; behind an e2 seeming in the eenaeinez' and m provide in reef: 01 said ege nine e p1'esser-=p1ete which gether with the Wide e1 the exposure 09 1- mg 'Zezms e. channel 0?: guidewey. e're, furthermore, erovideci meens fer holding; the film en 'eiziez er magazine within me ef the eemere s0 if eceumizely guieieei across the i'mnl; ei QDSAXS seeming e'inciew.

One eeject my invention is "so presser-plete oppcsite the guide face with exposure epem 3 or windew Within the meme end to ez-evide in the centelner e cavity, recess epertm'e across which the film runs a seestemtieily line, so that 011 inseehing' t een zsiznezf O1 magazine into the camera the ser-p1ete engages this :ceeess or aperture end t e film eubometieeiiy pass-es mm the guide were ii an ci'zemiel.

Another cbjeei; e1? inventien is be the said essex-whee siidebi'y within the es. ere, end i c sueh e. the; aft r the tie:a ef the film eenteiner into the ease camera the pie-0e is eieie in press the i m. egemst the guiding face, 01 eiesine me flimi eiiezmei 01' guidewey Without the substantially chang ing its positien. The essex mete is yieidmyiy mounted en a. plate er mil, which is s'iic'ie eicng e. pexti'iimi Wei! ieeeted within the camera. The displacement of the pieize e1 mey be efiected directly by hand or, is? in stance, by e. eiesixig member cf the A further ebject of my invention is is provide guide members at the film channel 02 euidewey for guiding the flim along its edges. Cine #0:?

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these lateral guides may be formed by a plate projecting ecmss the aperture, recess or d.epi'es-= sion of the film container, which then rests upon 9. cerzre'spending face at the film channel ex guiciewey so that in this way the channel is laterally cemined at ene si e. The other lateral guide is farmed by an opposite fece disposed V81"- tieelly to the guide face of the channel or guidewey, against Whieh the film abuts when in erting the film cemeiner into the semen, so that the pesitiern 01' the film in relation is the window is definitely deteri'nined.

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13 and 14 located in longitudinal openings or slots 16 and 17.

The guide pin 14 extends with a portion of larger diameter through a plate 18 located at the other side of the partition wall 5 and provided with an oblique slot 19. The plate 18 is provided with a portion 19. bent off at a right angle and engaged by the locking knob or button 20, located outsidethe casing of the camera and extending through the wall thereof. The plate 18 also carries the latch or catch 21 adapted to engage a corresponding member 22 of the cover or lid 3 after the charging compartment has been closed by the cover. By pushing the button sideways in one direction or the other the plate 18 is moved correspondingly, so that by means of the oblique control slot i9 engaging the pin 14 the rail or plate 10 can be moved forwards or backwards in the direction of the optical axis of the camera. Fne closing movement of the camera corresponds with a forward motion of the rail or plate 10 and thus the closing of the film channel or guideway, while on opening the lock;

' by the latch 21 the film channel is opened. The

opening movement of the rail or plate 10 is limited by a stop pin 23. The pin 23 is held in work ing position by a fiat spring 24 secured to the partition wall 5. By depressing'the pin 23 the rail or plate if) can be moved further back, after the film container 4 has been lifted out of the casing of the camera, and then be removed from the guide slots 16, 17, 19', a suitably enlarged portion in the slot 1'2 being provided for lifting the rail or plate oil the broadened portions of the pin 14 serving as guides.

In the film container a there accommodated a reel or spool 25 upon which is wound up the supplyjof film and aspool or reel 26 for taking up the exposed filmJ For exposing the film a, piece of film 27 is freely drawn out of the film container and passed through film channels or guideways 28, 29. This portion ofthe film is located in front of an aperture or a cavity or recess of substantially rectangular cross-section into which projects the presser-plate 9 when the film container or maga' zinc is placed into the camera. The film container or magazine consists of a bottom portion 31 and a cover portion 32. The surface of the cover portion 32 extends beyond the recess 30 and thus forms a supporting face 33 by means of which the container, when inserted into the charging compartment, supports itself laterally, on a corresponding face of theportion-S of the'expcsure opening. The film container rests at the same time upon pins 34 disposed in opposite corners of the charging compartment on the partition wall 5.

The supporting face 33 confines the film chan nel sideways so that the film is accurately guided in front of the exposure opening or window '7. The lateral confinement of the film channel or guideway at the other side is formed by a face 35 likewise disposed at right angles to the guide face 8. As the camera is held substantially in a window. When closing the cover 3 a fiat spring 3 7 mounted inside the cover places itself on the film container so that the container is unable to slide towards one side when the position of the camera is changed.

By moving the button or knob 20 sideways the cover 3 is locked and simultaneously the film channel closed and thus the plane of the film brought into accord with the focusing plane of the objective.

Although I have only shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be readily understood that I do not limit myself to this construction, .and that various structural alterations may be made within theappended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of a motion-picture camera and a film container, said camera having a charging compartment adapted to receive the,

guiding surfaces located in proximity to the ex-' posure opening and adapted, when the film contamer-is insertedin said compartment, to engage the opposlte side edges of the film for positioning the latter in reglstrywith said exposure opening as said film is fed. across the same, one of said film guiding surfaces being located on the film container and the other on said camera.

2. The combination of a motion-picture camera and a film container, said camera having a charging compartment adapted to receive the film container, and an exposure opening across which the film to be exposed is fed, bearing surfaces adapted to be spanned by the film container in said charging compartment for supporting said film container therein, one of said bearlngsurfaces being located in proximity to the exposure opening, and. two film guiding surfaces located in proximity to said exposure opening and adapted,

when the film container is inserted in said compartment, to engage the opposite side edges of the film for positioning the latter in registry with said'exposure opening as said film is fed across the same, one of said film guiding surfaces being 1 located on the film container and the other on said camera.

3. The combination of a motion-picture camera and a film container, said camera having a charging compartment adapted to receive the film container, and anexposure opening across which the film to be exposed is fed, threeibearing surfaces adapted to be spanned by the film 0011- tainer in said charging compartment for supporting said film container therein, one of said 180 surfaces being located in proximity to the exposure opening and the other two bearing surfaces being located in the corners of the camera lying opposite to the exposure opening, and two film guiding surfaces located in proximity to the exposure opening and adapted, when the film container is inserted in said compartment, to engage the opposite side edges of the film for positioning the latter in registry with said exposure opening as said film is fed across the same, one of said film guiding surfaces being located on the film container and the other on said camera.

4'. The combination of a motion-picture camera and a film container, said camera having, a charging compartment adapted to receive the film container, and an exposure opening across which the film to be exposed is fed, bearing surfaces adapted to be spanned by the film container in said menses charging compartment for supporting said film container therein, one of said bearing surfaces being located above the exposure opening, and two film guiding surfaces located in proximity to the exposure opening and adapted, when the film container is inserted in said compartment, to engage the opposite side edges of the film for positioning the latter in registry with said ex posure opening as said film is fed 'across the same, one of said film guiding surfaces being lo cated on' the film container and the other on said camera.

5. The combination of a motion-picture camera and a film container, said camera having a charging compartment adapted to receive the-film container, and an exposure opening across which the film to be exposed is fed, a frame surrounding said exposure opening, bearing surfaces adapted to be spanned by the film container in said compartment for supporting the film container therein, one of these bearing surfaces being formed on the upper edge of said frame, and two film guiding surfaces located in proximity to the exposure opening and adapted, when the film container is inserted in said compartment, to en gage the opposite side edges of the film for positioning the latter in registry with said exposure opening as said film is fed across the same, one of said film guiding surfaces being located on the film container and the other on said camera.

6. The combination of a motion-picture camera having an exposure opening and a charging compartment, and a film container having a recess located opposite a wall. of said compartment, a member on said film container projecting over said wall of said compartment, bearing surfaces adapted to be spanned by the film container in said compartment, one of said bearing surfaces being located in proximity to the exposure opening and co-operating with said member to support said film container, and two film guiding surfaces located in proximity to the exposure opening and adapted, when the film container is inserted in said compartment, to engage the opposite side edges of the film for positioning the latter in registry with said exposure opening, the one of said film guiding surfaces being formed on said member and the other being located on said camera.

'7. The combination of a motion-picture camera having an exposure opening and a charging cornpartment, and a film container having a recess surfaces located in proximity to the exposure opening and adapted, when the film container is inserted in said compartment, to engage the opposite side edges of the film for positioning the latter in registry with said exposure opening, the one of said film guiding surfaces being formed on said member and the other being located on said camera, and that portion of said member which engages the co-operating bearing surface and the film guiding surface of said member being located in the same plane.

8. The combination of a motion-picture camera having an exposure opening and a charging compartment, and a film container having a recess located opposite a wall of said compartment, a frame surrounding said exposure opening, a ledge below the exposure opening projecting over said frame, a member on said film container projecting over said wall of said compartment, bearing surfaces adapted to be spanned by the film container in said compartment, one of said bearing surfaces being formed on the upper edge of said frame and co-operating with said member to support said film container, and two film guiding surfaces located in proximity to the exposure opening and adapted, when the film container is inserted in said compartment, toengage the opposite edges of the film for positioning the latter in registry with said exposure opening, the one of these film guiding surfaces being formed on said member and the other being formed on said ledge.

9. A combined motion-picture camera and film container as set forth in claim 13 and including resilient means arranged to resiliently press the film container against the bearing surfaces.

10.'A combined motion-picture camera and film carrier as set forth in claim 13 and including a cover for closing the charging compartmerit, and a spring on the inner surface of said cover arranged to hold the film container against the bearing surfaces in said compartment.

KURT MORSBACH.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. l, 937, 354- November 28, 1933.

KU RT MORSBACH.

Ital: hcrcbycertiiicd that error appears. in the printed specification of the lbdvc numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page '3, links-1171M [21, claims) and 10, respectively, for the claim number "13" read 2; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 26th day of December, A. D. 1933.,

(Sea!) Richard Spencer Acting Commissioner of Patents 

